Year			2007
Genre			Drama
Rating			18A
Parents			Violence, offensive language, nudity, sexual content
Length			2:37
Director			Ridley Scott
Writer			Steven Zaillian
Company			Universal Pictures
Starring			Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Roger Bart Bobby Beckles Josh Brolin Brendan Burke Show more... Denzel Washington Russell Crowe Roger Bart Bobby Beckles Josh Brolin Brendan Burke Common Cris D'Annunzio Emile Dillon Monique Dupree Chiwetel Ejiofor Jack Fitz Edwin Freeman Robert Funaro Jason Furlani Cuba Gooding Jr. Malcolm Goodwin Carla Gugino Tommy Guiffre Gabriel Hansen John Hawkes Melissia Hill Robert C. Kirk Ted Levine
Links			Official Web Site Trailer

Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Washington), the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.

Richie Roberts (Crowe) is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.